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2 months ago awfulbliss said:

Fiar
Fi"ar\ (? or ?), n.

1. (Scots Law) One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a life renter.

I am fiar of the lands; she a life renter. --Sir W. Scott.

2. pl. The price of grain, as legally fixed, in the counties of Scotland, for the current year.

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fiar

I am also collecting Scottishisms here...maybe I need a separate list.

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